Envelop.



PATBNTED AUG. 20; 1907. G. W. BENDBR.

BNVELOP. APPLICATION BLED MAY 3, 1906.

GUY W. BENDER, OF ALEXANDER, ILLINOIS.

ENVELOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907'.

Application filed May 3,1906. erial No- 315,115.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY W. BENDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alexander, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in seals for envelops and my object is to provide a seal of this class which will prevent the envelop from being opened after once being sealed without showing that the envelop has been tampered with.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter made clearly apparent in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred form of my invention.

In said drawings-Figure 1 is a plan view of an envelop showing my improved seal applied thereto, and, Fig. 2 is a similar view as seen from the opposite side of the envelop.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 indicates the body portion of an envelop, said body being provided at its edges and ends with the usual form of flaps 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively, said flaps being gummed or secured together in the usual way, the flap 3 being left unsecured until such time as it is desiredto seal and mail the envelop. Preferably formed integral with the flap 2 are strips (3 and 7, said strips being adapted to be secured across the ends of the envelop and over the flaps 4 and 5 by pasting when the envelop is made, while the extreme upper ends 8 of said strips are left free so that the flap3 maybe folded down and sealed and the ends 8 secured thereover.

The strips 6 and 7 are made of sufficient length so that the ends 8 will take over one edge of the envelop and onto the opposite face thereof, the object in thus having the strips extend over the edge of the envelop and onto the opposite side being that, when the stamp is ,placed on the envelop, it may be placed over one of the ends 8 and it will be clearly seen that when the envelop is thus sealed, it will be impossible to open the same without showing evidence thereof.

As seen in both views the strips 6 and 7 are set back from the ends of the envelop so that in transportation in the mail they will not be apt to become torn off.

It will also be seen that the strips 6 and 7 will greatly reinforce the ends of the envelop. While I have described the strips 6 and 7 as being formed integral with the flap 2, said stripsmay be formed independently of the flap and pasted thereover as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

What I claim is An envelop of the class described comprising a body portion having end and side flaps, the end flaps and one of the side flaps being secured together when the envelop is manufactured by gumniing or otherwise, while the 0pposite side flap is left free to be secured at will. a strip at each end of the secured side flap and integral therewith, said flaps being set back from the ends of the envelop of greater length than the width of the envelop and directed across the ends of the envelop and secured to the folded end flaps, the outer free ends thereof being" left free until the loose edge flap is secured in position and then directed over the edge flap and secured to the opposite side of the envelop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUY \V. BENDER.

Witnesses ERNST (l. llii'rzonn, WILLIAM Sonnets. 

